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Article: Iran.(nuclear program and democratic reforms)
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- Foreign Policy
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Tehran's desire for a nuclear bomb has put it in Washington's cross hairs. But neither President George W. Bush's repeated condemnations of Iran's clerical rulers, nor the threat of military force will advance the cause of democracy there. When Iran reforms, it will happen because its youth--not the United States--demands it.
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